Tan 8, or Technical Advice Note 8, established seven strategic areas thought to be suitable as sites for developing wind energy on a large scale.

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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has articulated a goal of developing 2, 000 megawatts of wind energy by 2020, with most of it offshore.

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This includes everything from tapping our offshore oil supplies and vast natural gas reserves, to doubling down on clean energy resources like wind and solar power, to developing new technologies that help us use less energy altogether.

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